What first kindled your love of reading? Was it a specific book? A genre or author you kept gravitating toward? The joys of escaping into another world? For me, it was Smurfs. No, it wasn’t books [ Read More ]
Are some of your favorite books part of a series? Do you love the overlapping themes, setting or characters? One of the things I enjoy most about a series is closing the last page of the book and k [ Read More ]
When Life Happens I love this verse in Ecclesiastes. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) Now, don’t get me wrong. I believe readin [ Read More ]
The Eclectic Reader I breathe a sigh of relief when I type “The End” on a completed manuscript, but as a reader “The End” means I’ve closed the cover of the book. So often, I yearn to kno [ Read More ]
By Heather Kreke Do you read books recommended for your “age group”? I read a lot of Young Adult fiction, and I am not a young adult. Not even close. So why do I read YA? In my opinion [ Read More ]
In an interruption to usual programming, I’d love to encourage you to review what you read. Several years ago, when I got series about pursuing publication, I began to think about building my [ Read More ]
My dear college friend Amy read a challenging book every year to prevent her brain from turning to mush. I love her brilliant idea and try to follow her example, but life gets in the way. Amy went [ Read More ]
MY READING LIFE NEEDS… A LIBRARIAN’S NOTE Christmas is nearly upon us—can you believe it?!? Seems like we just took the decorations down a few weeks ago . . . I’m guessing you, like so [ Read More ]
Hello, dear reader friends! I am so happy to be here again. As I am sure many of you can agree, I love to talk books, books- and more books! There are just so many wonderful books out there waiting [ Read More ]
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill [ Read More ]